The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-11-25

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have the people had more honest and go9q
! government. He has never wrappad hil1sell
4 up in the fold Of impcTinl purple and CLOSED
his doors tOnng' one; he has always been adj
1 yisiug with ths people FOR the COED OF the
7 peorie and the Etntn OF Louisiana. Is u
propsr oabuEc, yillify and trNdUce this hon
ri Shame no ore for advocating Gen,
4 Nichollg 1 have many friends on tho Other
side, but tell them that the object OF thlH
Canvass Is tpput the seal q conueIllng43i .1
on the brow of that honest Democrat, Sam.
/ THE gp6afer next took up the campaign Of
1884 and the SANDER and said that the
4 convention removed the Islander and Yililfl'
Gallon set upon Gov. hleEnery by nomi-
Tbe part played by Gen, Niohells IL, the
Hunt bolt was next explained. 9lE: x. e, .
/ Wilkinson, who waB candidate against M;
/ St. Martin, dill not bolt. Could the granI
result OF redemption have been achieved had
| some Of the Democrats raised the banner OF
ref0rm2 Tho Republican party are ready q
. organize, and We cannot stand with q divided
Democracy. EApplause,l
HON. y. 7. JONAS
TaB che next speaker. When introduced he
was loudly CheerCd.
CEivEd while al Shreveport from the cEeCu-
/ tive Democratic committee OF Lincoln PSF
/ ish. He gave q history OF past campaigns N
/ which he mad taken part, 10 the present
1 campaign Of the rcformerF he urged serlqus
! objections. In oldEn DAYS these campaign
! committees were not formed and leuSlllEs
gotten NJ for The PURPOSE OF AdEaoatlIIIys Jae
claims Of ono candidate. and abusing Il Demo
cratic State administration,
/ During the delivery Of his address, which
! consumed an hour, the speaker was ire
! The Chairuan-''I will now introduce to
/ you as tie next speaker one who wall give
! Won facts and figures; one who lis known by
! our people as D great journalist, and who
has done as much for the State and the South
I aB any living man, and as much Tor tine ben
/ Ocratlc party aB any man IN It--Aa35r l. A
Major Burke opened by acknowledging
| with great BatisfsCh0n the invitation OF the
| Democratic Executive Committee and or the
! people. He t0nk it not only aE comp lntN{,
/ but As an indication OF the falI spirit which
! nu1nateR the people of Linz OH to hear their
! public servautR when assAilGd, Bnu desire
| to heHr both sides Of public questions,
| He was not entirely II stranger, having
| been with them in the political battles Of The
| past, and also in
TIE GREAT INDUSTRIAL CAMPAIGN
that has been inaugUrlted and fought
| throughout the South, aud IN which Lincoln
parish ia destined to play cgnsPlcuouR part.
| Political Speaking is not ms ioTta, Aua IL
would have been more CunRenlNl hnl pleas
| ant TO him ~ huTe discussed industrial
| questions. HIS political lubUrS have been IN
| the ranks Of the pnrty, AMI his luClluauOUs
have always been to industrial questions,
| But o. public servant, vino Lila" bt4d Tie
| peoples commission for nine years, Ag con
| bi0tred il his Gury 10 give AZ HcruuHt OF ms
| BbeNHrU4ullE md a. clllHtn u Ni7Huhe me
/ ISSUES Of tine duy with las fellow .tIarnF.
from tAG time y; the expos Irons every
| where in the South, towns aDd cIileH have
. been sprnglME NJ moi alone ~ lrtulEla, Ala
. bnuta aud Tennessee, but here III North
/ Louisiana Since those expeditions lt1u
! h. sr. uGUEuTa'rd tine increase ut wealth ni
| the ~UIlgI hgn l.. on $500. GOO, unN ~. Il-
. crease lIl manufacturers III NaJluIH4 ClairS
/ has haeU--lu Arkansas ST. - trUNJ, i a. \uH
| Sl4,724. 600, hIoe4ssIppI 50, 300 600, Ma
DAuIA 500, g08, WUDr IDulHlGuH =Ib4, lOo,-
uO0 t1tHl iu"raaH" in Southern products
! alone OF t9l3, 600, 600 In h0utLnTl HEri-
/ CuItuT. there has been m lugroasr u $751;
T7g,3Ts-
IN respect L. the 81 90, 600 appropriation
lE- the L,eUIFlaturs IOI the ENpusItlOu, he
! did Tot think II WINS nCcesEgFT to say more
! when we see wDGi the results have HeCI.
! When the LApuHuun commenced two
/ thirds Of Birmingham was an unculuyated
/ field.
He predicted that Lincoln parish, when
! explored. would chow rich mineral resources.
| The hills Of AiahumE and Georgia had been
| passed over for generations as hi only for
timber and bcaHty yield OF crops Now We
CITIES AND TOWNS sFBLEGE;G UP,
J the smoke of furnaces curing hign 20 the
/ hgavcuH and the busy hum Of machinery
though these States and other mineral
S-Atrs Of thu South.
"AaY We not hope that North Louisiana and
] Lincoln parish WI. sg-E GApelIsuCr Inc same
/ I''h1SS bI' I AN 4e"'tA.E t"%3 III pure. ~
/ Lilo euAgtIlal subject IRON the political
I QauEtI0us which seemed to b. urged 10 the
/ -Ca. 'l 'L''r VINO 41N> .2Leg! ~ SlLLlo-
tll9lH S@- -LE u - '-' ~ U'ts llu1 - Lo't'-
tl4l4.E SoA.eh'4yA- IL. .n L' VIM nm ., tHI
| Eo'el-ol mn 4AtH s175- lAIt" 81" 3. '+LsIH
] til great State Of LuurlalH VIII. lie prog
! rtHa tAut have described. HIS rDJTJs secure
Oulg ueIGmGgOA AID bitter Assault /. ON OlC
| e,-caIel rgiormgrE-"
The nrAt tuLJuct dlscuaseG ~. the speaker
! wat tho charge Dy tt.g advocates d II"n,
| 2Lenpuh tial vi. "t"hT @llu.li''1 L l'iI Lla''
let' arrays @s!tH'Aet iHT h"u'l"' h'IhtIll l9-
IRA 4yA. rms major beEnS Si1Ao,iuaFd H"-
| trIN Mithou' "otai-4A % nun, ana lat
cited eAIrSct5 from LIE spuovlG5 o. aicEHeEy.
LAbtlH ana bHIhl III FeceI' tpisttasli'iia
Gampa4&nh bHu pniuEeH 10 we nae. maj IN.
STATE @GmIHlTTaLlun lag been IN ptilr'l
harmony, "lth Lle Glp9HaTI Oh Htu'r'
| Cleveland and To- The i4al luaO tAo SINE nd
ia tiol, n4 nCe, IN gtGI[I,
Tho charge Of porHunaiism Of tie MoEwry
government Was not discussed. a. far az
the patronage Of s. y, McIuery was CON.
CeruGd the speaker said That Lu had never
! been consulted hy GOV. McEuery reSpectiut
patronage and no appointments whatever
hud been made 10y Gov. McEMerv on lii
solicitation. At The death Of Witt CANT
| demand upDn GOV. Mckuery that he FLDuL
remove thu EupuiuteeE Of Wiz, aud tbs
the will OF the Democratic party that Cieaiet
Witt should be Ic1 erspG by 5iCEnely. Tina
demand came from Gen NichUllE Ru-.Durt
4 | eYE, end WAS the cause Of the host itrtl
= Coy. McEneTy, who refused TO acueod I,
I their demands, and thus iHauguraip per
Bunal government in its most violent f4rul.
s Ihe answer Of Gov. MCl,uery was that Ii
would bG untrue 10 tho Democracy Of IA
State il he did it, and that be- had laid Gaw}
: the rule that il it Coald be shown 10 him tia
= ANY man Was corrupt or incompetent that
e would remove him; but that lie would ~
yield to the ,Blil Of a iactiuu.
The next Instance We tiud Of personal 60
b eminent is what? We fnd from oue-tEiri I
8 one-haif Of ell the Offices Of the StHte Tiled
IT those who have been in opposition Or are NO
= PROOF OF personal government?
IT One Of the chief claims Of Gen. Nichols
has record Of the y OF JGnuary, 1877, whG
7. tho supreme Court buildings were taken. L
,e snd his friends clatm the honor Of tbs ca
~ tnEe Tor INIT Ilg7 speaker gave history